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    M.P.E.C. 2003-Y46                                Issued 2003 Dec. 22, 15:24 UT
    
         The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
             minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
       on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
              Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                              Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
    
             Supported in part by the Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
                 Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network
    
                                  MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
              URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714
    
                                       2003 YS17
    
    Observations:
         K03Y17S* C2003 12 21.41019 09 05 00.57 +12 59 15.3          19.3   EY046704
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 21.42282 09 05 01.95 +12 59 30.5          19.6   EY046704
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 21.43680 09 05 03.60 +12 59 47.0          18.9   EY046704
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.02756 09 06 26.31 +13 11 24.5                 EY046J95
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.03328 09 06 27.02 +13 11 31.2                 EY046J95
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.03900 09 06 27.69 +13 11 38.4          19.2 R EY046J95
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.09181 09 06 34.32 +13 12 46.1          19.4 R EY046J95
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.09728 09 06 35.00 +13 12 52.4          19.6 R EY046J95
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.26922 09 07 01.41 +13 16 42.9          18.9 R EY046854
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.27582 09 07 02.34 +13 16 51.8          19.4 R EY046854
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.28241 09 07 03.21 +13 17 00.8          19.3 R EY046854
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.31146 09 07 04.96 +13 17 32.6          18.2 R EY046785
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.32270 09 07 06.27 +13 17 47.9          18.0 R EY046785
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.33407 09 07 07.63 +13 18 04.9          18.2 R EY046785
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.38698 09 07 16.27 +13 19 18.9          19.4 V EY046703
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.40076 09 07 17.88 +13 19 38.3          19.5 V EY046703
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.41450 09 07 19.48 +13 19 55.5          18.6 V EY046703
         K03Y17S  C2003 12 22.42822 09 07 21.20 +13 20 13.0          18.8 V EY046703
    
    Observer details:
    703 Catalina Sky Survey.  Observers S. Larson, E. Beshore, E. Christensen,
        R. Hill, S. Kolar, D. McLean.  0.68-m f/1.8 Schmidt + CCD.
    704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
        M. Bezpalko, R. Huber, L. Manguso, D. Torres, R. Kracke, M. McCleary,
        H. Stange, A. Milner.  Measurers J. Stuart, R. Sayer, J. Evans, J. Kommers.
        1.0-m f/2.15 reflector + CCD.
    785 Fitz-Randolph Observatory, Princeton.  Observer J. Maffei.  0.91-m f/13.6
        Cassegrain + CCD.
    854 Sabino Canyon Observatory, Tucson.  Observer J. E. McGaha.  0.356-m f/10.0
        Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD.
    J95 Great Shefford.  Observer P. Birtwhistle.  0.30-m f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain
        + CCD.
    
    Orbital elements:
    2003 YS17
    Epoch 2003 Dec. 7.0 TT = JDT 2452980.5                  MPC
    M 233.93270              (2000.0)            P               Q
    n   1.11085157     Peri.  135.15264     -0.57868397     +0.80761284
    a   0.9233479      Node    99.16424     -0.77680217     -0.50342798
    e   0.3257543      Incl.    6.60281     -0.24840139     -0.30711849
    P   0.89           H   21.4           G   0.15
    From 18 observations 2003 Dec. 21-22.
    
    Ephemeris:
    2003 YS17                a,e,i = 0.92, 0.33, 7                   q = 0.6226
    Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
    2003 12 17    08 55.93   +11 50.9    0.184    1.114   131.3    41.6    19.6
    2003 12 18    08 57.86   +12 03.8    0.177    1.110   132.0    41.2    19.5
    2003 12 19    08 59.86   +12 18.1    0.171    1.107   132.6    40.9    19.4
    2003 12 20    09 01.93   +12 34.0    0.164    1.103   133.2    40.6    19.3
    2003 12 21    09 04.09   +12 51.8    0.157    1.099   133.8    40.2    19.2
    2003 12 22    09 06.35   +13 11.4    0.151    1.095   134.5    39.9    19.1
    2003 12 23    09 08.72   +13 33.3    0.144    1.091   135.1    39.6    19.0
    2003 12 24    09 11.23   +13 57.7    0.138    1.087   135.6    39.3    18.8
    2003 12 25    09 13.90   +14 24.8    0.132    1.082   136.2    39.0    18.7
    2003 12 26    09 16.76   +14 55.0    0.125    1.078   136.7    38.7    18.6
    2003 12 27    09 19.84   +15 28.7    0.119    1.074   137.2    38.5    18.5
    2003 12 28    09 23.19   +16 06.4    0.113    1.069   137.6    38.3    18.3
    2003 12 29    09 26.85   +16 48.8    0.107    1.065   138.0    38.1    18.2
    2003 12 30    09 30.90   +17 36.4    0.100    1.061   138.3    38.1    18.1
    2003 12 31    09 35.41   +18 30.2    0.094    1.056   138.5    38.1    17.9
    2004 01 01    09 40.48   +19 31.1    0.089    1.051   138.6    38.2    17.8
    2004 01 02    09 46.26   +20 40.4    0.083    1.047   138.6    38.5    17.6
    2004 01 03    09 52.91   +21 59.5    0.077    1.042   138.3    38.9    17.5
    2004 01 04    10 00.66   +23 30.1    0.071    1.037   137.8    39.6    17.3
    2004 01 05    10 09.83   +25 14.3    0.066    1.032   136.9    40.6    17.2
    2004 01 06    10 20.84   +27 14.3    0.061    1.027   135.6    42.0    17.0
    2004 01 07    10 34.29   +29 32.3    0.056    1.023   133.8    44.0    16.9
    2004 01 08    10 51.02   +32 10.1    0.051    1.018   131.2    46.6    16.7
    2004 01 09    11 12.19   +35 07.5    0.046    1.012   127.8    50.1    16.6
    2004 01 10    11 39.36   +38 19.9    0.043    1.007   123.3    54.7    16.6
    2004 01 11    12 14.40   +41 34.5    0.039    1.002   117.6    60.4    16.5
    2004 01 12    12 58.92   +44 25.0    0.037    0.997   110.6    67.4    16.6
    2004 01 13    13 52.70   +46 12.1    0.035    0.992   102.6    75.5    16.8
    2004 01 14    14 51.73   +46 18.1    0.035    0.986    93.8    84.2    17.0
    2004 01 15    15 48.94   +44 32.6    0.035    0.981    84.9    93.1    17.4
    2004 01 16    16 38.38   +41 22.8    0.037    0.976    76.4   101.5    17.9
    2004 01 17    17 18.07   +37 32.0    0.039    0.970    68.8   109.0    18.4
    2004 01 18    17 48.93   +33 36.0    0.043    0.965    62.3   115.5    19.0
    2004 01 19    18 12.84   +29 54.9    0.047    0.959    56.8   120.9    19.6
    2004 01 20    18 31.54   +26 37.1    0.051    0.954    52.2   125.4    20.1
    2004 01 21    18 46.41   +23 43.7    0.056    0.948    48.3   129.2    20.6
    2004 01 22    18 58.42   +21 12.8    0.061    0.942    45.0   132.3    21.1
    2004 01 23    19 08.29   +19 01.7    0.066    0.936    42.3   135.0    21.6
    2004 01 24    19 16.52   +17 07.3    0.071    0.931    40.0   137.2    22.0
    2004 01 25    19 23.48   +15 26.9    0.077    0.925    37.9   139.1    22.4
    2004 01 26    19 29.43   +13 58.1    0.083    0.919    36.2   140.8    22.8
    
    Timothy B. Spahr             (C) Copyright 2003 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2003-Y46
    

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